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STODDARD'S DIARY: OR, THE COLUMBIA ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1796... BY SAMUEL NOTT, MATHEMATICIAN.

Hudson: Printed and Sold by Ashbel Stoddard, [1795]. 48pp, plus interleaves, which have some contemporary notes. Stitched, lightly worn and spotted. Some leaves trimmed closely at the top, shaving some lettering on top line. Good+. Advertisement for Andrew Beers's Land Office in Ulster County on the last page.

One of the manuscript notations is: "Capt. Charles Giles died, his death occasioned by Maltreatment received from his Negro, on the 19th inst as say a Jury of Inquest, taken on the body." A rare almanac, NAIP locating only four copies. NAIP demonstrates that the calculations are by Beers, thus explaining the advertisement for his business on the last page.Evans 30048. NAIP w032582 [4]. Drake 6061. Item #31918